June 16, 2020 Chad Wolf Acting Secretary Department of Homeland Security 301 7th Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20528 Re: Recent DHS Measures That Threaten the Safety and Family Unity of Vulnerable Immigrant Children Dear Acting Secretary Wolf: The undersigned 122 organizations strongly oppose recent Department of Homeland Security (DHS) measures that threaten the safety and [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 17, 2020 Giraffe Heroes Project Awards Two Immigration Whistleblowers for Compassionate Risk-taking Government Accountability Project Clients Among Awardees WASHINGTON – Last week, the Giraffe Heroes Project announced the recipients of its “Giraffe Heroes” award, an annual award given to individuals who demonstrated compassionate risk-taking. Two of this year’s awardees are Government Accountability Project clients [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 28, 2020 Government Accountability Project Commends Appeals Decision on “Remain in Mexico” Policy U.S. Court of Appeals Halts Dangerous Immigration Policy WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit blocked the Trump administration’s “Migrant Protection Protocols,” (MPP) also known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy. The policy [...]
United States House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Re: Congress Must Establish an Independent Immigration Court Dear Member of Congress: We, the undersigned international, national, state, and local immigration, civil rights, faith-based, government accountability, and labor organizations respectfully call on Congress to establish an immigration court system that is [...]
Note: this op-ed, featuring our clients' disclosures, was originally published here. Abolish Immigration Prisons We should shut down these institutions, end the suffering they cause and redirect the money. Near Denver, migrants are locked inside a prison tucked into an industrial quarter. To the southwest, in the vast space between Phoenix and Tucson, they are [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 26, 2019 Contact: Andrew Harman Communications Director Government Accountability Project [email protected] USCIS Union and Government Accountability Project Respond to USCIS Management’s Attempts to Intimidate Whistleblowers Recent publicly reported actions by USCIS management effectively and illegally stifle guaranteed whistleblower rights, say union, whistleblower protection organization WASHINGTON – American Federation of Government Employees [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 21, 2019 House Committee Holds Hearing on Humanitarian Concerns Resulting From Migration Crisis Government Accountability Project Client Doug Stephens to Testify WASHINGTON Tomorrow, Friday, November 22, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations will hold a field hearing titled Humanitarian [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 20, 2019 House Committee Holds Hearing on Implications of Remain in Mexico Policy Government Accountability Project Clients Submit Testimony in Hearing WASHINGTON On Tuesday, November 19, the House Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation and Operations of the House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing titled Examining the Human Rights and [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 18, 2019 Former Asylum Officer Blows Whistle on Harm to Immigrants Under MPP Government Accountability Project Client Goes Public With Concerns WASHINGTON – This week, former U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (USCIS) asylum officer Douglas Stephens first spoke publicly about his decision to blow the whistle on the Trump administration’s Migrant [...]
This article, featuring our client Doug Stephens, was originally published here. Asylum Officers Rebel Against Trump Policies They Say Are Immoral And Illegal It only took Doug Stephens two days to decide: He wasn’t going to implement President Trump’s latest policy to restrict immigration, known as Remain in Mexico. The asylum officer wouldn’t interview any [...]